Collaborate Disseminate
Lawrence Abrams reports: A Chinese national accused of carrying out cyberespionage operations for China’s intelligence services has been extradited from Italy to the United States to face criminal charges. According to a DOJ announcement, Xu Zewe… Continue reading Alleged Silk Typhoon hacker extradited to US
Kenneth Araullo reports: A single ransomware crew exploiting a single brand of firewall is now driving nearly half of all cyber insurance claims, At-Bay has warned, in a finding that recasts how underwriters and brokers should be thinking about risk se… Continue reading One ransomware crew now drives half of all cyber claims: At-Bay
The Bangkok Post reports: The Council of Engineers Thailand has warned about 350,000 members their personal data was stolen when its database was hacked recently, and could be misused. Prof Amorn Pimanmas, a director in the council’s board, said … Continue reading TH: Hacker steals personal data of 350,000 engineers
Oh Seok-min reports: Personal information of around 100,000 customers has been leaked from a golf course, prompting a police investigation, sources said Sunday. The Korean National Police Agency is probing the case after the website of Lee & Lee Co… Continue reading KR: Data of 100,000 leaked from Lee & Lee Country golf club; N. Korean hacking suspected
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced settlements with four regulated entities following separate ransomware investigations under HIPAA’S Security Rule. For those keeping count:… Continue reading OCR Announces Settlements of Four Ransomware Investigations that Affected Over 427,000 Individuals
Hyun Su-a reports: Duo Info, South Korea’s top matchmaking company, leaked the personal information of 430,000 members, authorities said. The leaked items went far beyond names and email addresses to include religion, hobbies, height, weight, edu… Continue reading South Korea’s regulator fines matchmaking service Duo $830,000 over data breach
Steve Alder reports: Tempus AI, a publicly traded healthcare artificial intelligence company, is facing multiple class action lawsuits over the alleged unauthorized collection and disclosure of genetic testing results, which were derived from genetic t… Continue reading Healthcare AI Firm Sued Over Alleged Unlawful Disclosures of Genetic Data
From the so-there-they-are! dept Out of sight, out of mind? It seems like ages ago that DataBreaches last reported on the Trigona ransomware group, but it was actually in September 2023. After that, DataBreaches lost track of them, and after a few mont… Continue reading Trigona Affiliates Deploy Custom Exfiltration Tool to Streamline Data Theft
Harry Taylor reports: Data from 500,000 people who volunteered their health information to the UK Biobank has been breached and offered for sale online in China. Technology Minister Ian Murray said that information of all half a million members had bee… Continue reading Half a million Britons’ medical data were offered for sale on Alibaba in major UK Biobank breach
Pierluigi Paganini reports: A leaked database from RAMP gives us a rare look behind the curtain. It shows how cybercrime works when it becomes structured, commercial, and repeatable. Instead of random hackers acting alone, RAMP functioned like a busine… Continue reading RAMP Uncovered: Anatomy of Russia’s Ransomware Marketplace